votedaines.com<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nAccording to its disclaimer, the site is paid for by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines\u2019 reelection campaign. And the campaign spent a good chunk of late August pushing the link via social media and text messages.\u00a0
<\/p>\r\n\r\nThe gist from the site\u2019s language is that if visiting voters want to ensure they get a mail ballot in the upcoming general election, they should enter their personal information in a series of boxes.\u00a0
<\/p>\r\n\r\nFrom there, votedaines.com will automatically generate an email and send it to the appropriate county election office.
<\/p>\r\n\r\n\u201cAs Montana counties move towards mail-in voting, only active voters will receive ballots automatically,\u201d reads one social media post linking to the site. \u201cRight now, you may NOT receive a ballot. Update your status immediately.\u201d
<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\nHowever, visitors to \r\nthe website\u2019s survey page<\/a>\r\nonly get the opportunity to enter that information if they answer a question first: \u201cDo You Support President Trump?\u201d\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nIf the user selects \u201cyes,\u201d they\u2019re redirected to the site\u2019s voter status update form.
<\/p>\r\n\r\nIf the user selects \u201cno,\u201d or \u201cundecided,\u201d they get a simple message thanking them for their feedback and stating that their response \u201chas been recorded.\u201d
<\/p>\r\n\r\n\u201cOur campaign is looking to identify our supporters and turn them out to vote \u2014 this is what campaigns do,\u201d Daines campaign spokeswoman Julia Doyle said in an email.\u00a0
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